Harold E. Swanson

ST. JOSEPH -- Harold E. Swanson, 87, of St. Joseph, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2003, at Lakeland Hospital, St. Joseph.

A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Starks & Menchinger Family Funeral Home, 2650 Niles Road, St. Joseph. Friends may call beginning at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Sumption Prairie Cemetery, South Bend, Ind., at a later date. Memorials may be made to the VanAndel Cancer Research Institute, Grand Rapids.

Mr. Swanson was born June 18, 1916, in South Bend to Nathaniel and Josephine (Peltz) Swanson. On Oct. 7, 1939, he married the former Ruth McClellan in South Bend. Harold served his country during World War II in the Merchant Marines. He retired in 1968 as executive vice president of Drewry's Limited in South Bend after 36 years of employment. Harold was a former South Bend Rotarian, and he loved boating, fishing, and woodworking.

Harold is survived by his wife, Ruth; two daughters -- Judy (Tony) Belski of St. Joseph and Jill Reddig of Nashville, Tenn.; four grandchildren -- Jodie (Ken) Crandall, Elizabeth (Kevin) Remington, Christopher Schick and Lt. C.J. (Claire) Reddig; and three great-grandchildren -- Donald and Alicia Crandall and Jacob Remington. Harold is also survived by an American Field Service exchange student whom he and his wife hosted in their home for a year in 1959 and 1960, Inger Kyllingstad of Norway.

Source: Ancestry.com and FindAGrave.com

08/13/2023 EJS

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